The clip shows a flock of about 10 birds surrounding the snake, taking turns using beaks and claws to attack enemies. Snake tried everything to escape but failed.
Environmentalist Keith Raine – 37 years old and his wife Tracey on a visit to South Africa’s famous Dinokeng Animal Sanctuary were fortunate to witness a once-in-a-lifetime scene.
Dinokeng Nature Reserve is known as a favorite place for tourists who love to explore freely. There are many species of wildlife in Africa, from lions and leopards, to hippos, water buffalo and elephants. The reserve has a service that provides “self-driving car routes” so visitors can witness the lives of wildlife first-hand.
That day, Mr. Raine’s family was organizing an outdoor camping trip on the Dinokeng campus when suddenly discovered a flock of arrow-marked babblers and a starling attacking an immature Boomslang viper. .
Boomslang viper (scientific name Dispholidus typus) is a venomous snake with an average length of about 100-160 cm, some up to 183 cm long. This type is now abundant in southern African countries with venom that can cause people to be attacked to urinate blood and the possibility of survival is very low.
This snake has fairly large eyes, an egg-shaped head, males are bright green with a mixed blue and black head, females can be brown, with fangs 3-5 mm long and close in diameter. 0.5 mm. In particular, this snake has pretty good eyesight on par with ordinary people.
This green snake lives mainly in South Africa and mainly eats small amphibians such as lizards and toads, occasionally eating some small mammals, birds and bird eggs by swallowing. There have been very few cases of people being bitten by Boomslang before.
Even in the early 1950s it was thought that this snake was harmless to humans.
Notably, Boomslang viper’s toxin not only causes external symptoms such as headache, nausea, drowsiness, anxiety, but it also causes blood clotting disorders. The cause is that snake venom contains hemotoxin, a chemical that can destroy red cells, cause blood clotting disorders, decrease organ function and tissue degeneration.
The danger is that, but when faced with too many disadvantages such as the opponent is outnumbered, not mature enough, the water snake is very difficult to be able to do miracles. According to Raine’s account when his family passed by, the snake had suffered severe injuries in both eyes that severely affected its eyesight, so it looked rather hopeless in this fight.
